Measuring-faucet.



w. R. BILLlNGs.

MEAsumNG FAucET( APPLICATION FILED APR. la. i917.

1,2715839. Patented July 9, 191s.

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' 'A TTOHNEY W. R. BILLi'NGS. mEAsumNG FAucET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. i911.

1 ,271 ,839. Patented July 9, 191s.

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` W. R. BILLINGS.

MEASURING FAUCET. 'APPLxcATmu FILED APR.1s.1s17.

Patented July 9, 1918.

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WIIiLllAlVI LB', BILLINGS. @E BtOOK-LYN, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentes Julye, 191s.

Application filed April 1S, 19.17. Serial N o. 162,838.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known kthat 1, l/VILLIAM R. BrLLINGs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, cityof New York, in thecounty of Kings and State of New vYork, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in li/[easuring-Faucets, of which the following is aspecification,

reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to measuring faucets for use with various kindsof liquids or fluids. Theobject of the invention is to enable apredetermined 'quantity of the liquid or fluid to be withdrawn from anurn or other receptacle in such a manner that the measurement anddispensing of the quantity is made quickly and easily through themanipulation of a faucet handle and withoutthe necessity of complicatedmeasuring or weighing adjustments. A leading feature of the invention isto enable milk, coffee, tea, and other light beverages to be quicklyserved with just the right quant-ity emitted yfrom the faucet at eachturn of the same to fill a drinking cup or other receptacle without lossby spilling. The invention is also intended generally for the handlingof all kinds of liquid or fluid substances in premeasured quantities,iXed amounts of which it is desired to apportion or distribute invarious ways. In my copending application yfor Letters Patent formeasuring faucets, filed October 11, 1916, Serial No. 124,942, I havedescribed and claimed another form of measuring faucet,

Vand have also set forth in said application.

a number ofbroad claims which apply generically to the invention in saidcase as well as to that in the present'case.

The invention in the present application, therefore, may be said toconsist essentially :in the construction, arrangement-, and combinationof the various parts, `substantially as will be hereinafter describedand then more particularly ypointed out :inr the claims.

1n the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention: I

Figure 1 isy afvertica'l section in partial elevation of an urn or tankprovidedwit my improved measuring faucet; Fig. 2 is afhori-zontalseetionof the-same ontheline 2, 2.of Fig-3; r Y

Fig. 3 is avertical section vonthe line of Fig. 2;

- Fig. 4 is a front end elevation;

Fig. 5 is a sectional front view on the line 5, 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section on the line 6, 6 of Fig. 2;

' Fig. is a cross-section of one of the piston valve closures for themeasuring compartments;

Fig. 8 is a view of a modified form of valve device in which an inletand outlet valve for a measure are made in a single unit.

corresponding parts throughout the different figures of the drawing.

Simply for the purpose of easy explanation and 'with no intention ofrestricting the invention toy any such special application, I havedelineated in Fig. 1 the outer jacket 1 of a coffee, tea, cocoa, vorother urn, supported on lefrs 2, and containing an inner hot waterchamber 3, within which is held a main coffee or beverage chamber .4,which latter communicates through a pipe 5 with a supplemental submergedbeverage or receiving chamber 6 within the hot water in Similar'characters of reference designate Y the chamber 3 near the bottomof the'latter e.

and close to the draw-off appliances. Said receiving chamber has asuitable air vent, as for example, the vertical pipe 36 running to theatmosphere. The front open end of the supplemental beverage chamber 6 iscontiguous to the jacket 1 of the urn at a point where said end ofchamber 6 is covered by a removable cover plate 13 secured in positionby means of a plurality of thumb screws or clamps 8 or other equivalentdevices as clearly indicated in various figures of the drawing, andoutside offcover 13 is the discharge-chamber 20 formed by angular cover7 opposite ,to plate 13.

Running from the pipe 5 to a point outside of the wall 1 of the-urn isahorizontal pipe 9v which is provided outside ofthe urn v'with a` mixingor draining faucet 10. At

the junction ofthe pipes 5 and 9 is a threeway Aor other Vcock 11 whichcan be turned to provide a passage from the main beverage chamber 4 tothe supplemental submerged beverage chamber 6, or to provide a passagefrom the main chamber 4to the draining faucet 10, so that when desiredthe contents of the chamber 4 may be withdrawn directly through theAfaucet 10, andvalso when desired` the three-way cock 11 may be turnedso as to allow a flow of the beverage to take place 'downwardly fromchamber 4' into chamber G, at which time the Vfaucet 10 will beinoperative. The cock 11 may be provided with any desired means foroperating the saine, as for example, a handle which extends through thewall 1 of the urn and is operative from the outside, said handle being"placed either `on the'front or at the side of the urn or elsewhere asmay be preerred.

Arranged insidefofthe supplemental bev erage compartment 6 is a numberof meas V-uresxor measuringchambers 12, say, l:tor eX- ample, two ofthem, although there maybe more or less if desired, andthey may-be ofthe same or different-sizes. yThe invention operates equally well with asingleme'asur ingfdevice'. In the example. shown in the drawings I havegivenjtwo yof ythem of the 1 same sizeconsisting oitelongated open-endedcylinders 12 carried by a removable coverV plate 18,'saidfcylinderslying. horizontally within thechamber G and'having oneend secured in an opening in said cover plate 13,

the cylinders being integral with plate 18 orV Vsecured thereto insomeconvenient way. `Each one of these vmeasuring compartments 12 has lacapacity equal tofany predetermined .quantity of Yfluid or liquid whichitis vdesiredto measure, as for example, a quantity equal to thecontents of an ordinary `coiiee cup.Y At lone end of each measuringchamber 12, the inner oriilling'end, is a piston valve or cover 15 ofproper size to iit closely and easily Within the end of the measure 12and preferably provided'with a plurality of inwardly extending lguidewings 15a, three orthem tor example, (seeFig. 7) arranged in a Vspiderform and which operate within VEach spindle 16 not-onl`y carriesapistonV Avalvey at "the Vinner Aendof :the Ymeasure V12 but VitV also,carriesV another Vvpiston valve 17 at the oute'rfor:dischargefiendrofr: cylinder v12, said piston valve17f havinga'cen'tral hub or boss provided with a pin`l` 18 by means of4V which thesaid piston'v'alve 17 is iirmly secured'fto the spindle 16. `Said pistonY valves 17 are eachpro'vided witha spiderfarvrangement otinwardlyVprojecting guider wings 17, Nthreeot thereformore, similar to the wings15, `which' extendinto theinte'ri'or of the 'measure`12 vand slideonthein-V side'surface oi' thewall thereof' while theV cover being movedback and forth with relation v'to' the'outer end of the measure12.

Piston valves 17 are not only formed with a section which iits closelywithin thel end olE the 'measure 12 and thus closes said end at timesandopens it when it is removed there- Vfrom, but are also provided with abevel nfaced flange 17b which seats againsta bevel seat inthe end of themeasure 12, or contigu- 'ous thereto inthe opening in the cover 13, so

that this bevel ring 17b may thus fit against the end of the measure 12and makea firm vide an effective closure for this end 'of theiueasure'at times.

It will benoted that in regardto each i measure, therefore, there is apiston coverfor valve at 4one end and another at the other' end, both ofwhich are xedly secured upon 'a longitudinal spindle which vcarriesthem, and they are so distanced apart that when one Vis 'so related tothe end of the measure as to close it, the other will be so related tothe opposite end of the measure as to open the latter, and they may beplaced at the proper distance apartr'so that one end 0r the vother willalways be open. Ordinarily,

one will be closed when the other is open so that there may be a fillingat one `end while the other is closed, or there maybe an emptying at one'end while the other is closed. l

Outside of the cover plate 13 at the endet the receiving chamber @is anangular casting 7, which with vthe plate 13y forms fa discharge chamberv20 on the outside of the urn, Yreceivingthe liquid'from the measuresand Vpassing itout into a cup or receiving utensil. The 'thumbxscr'ews 8which pass Vthrough the cover plate 13 also pass through theiiangededgeof the Vcasting 7 'and eonnect Vall the parts firmly 'to the ynrn,itbeing noted ,that a vsaddle-shaped `casting 14 is conveniently rivetedto the side 'ofthe urn to receive and carry these'pa-rts, and also thatthe Flange 19 of the receiving chamber 6 is interposed between the`saddle piece 14 and the cover 13 to make a tight joint and ali'ord aproper support for the receiving chamber.V lThe Vdischarge -'chamberwhich I indicate at 20v receives the measured'v 'quantities fot liquidwhich are emptied thereinto,alternately or vsuccessively from one orboth ofthe measuringchambers Vr12, andv this 'liquid is allowed vtoViiowv oiitbi". thev chfamber 20( and bei dis'- chargedthrough a centralspout 21into'any receptacle or receiverY placed below said Vspout,the"dischargeobviously being inl pre-Y determined euanftities inaccordance `with 'thefoperatioirof the invention .asl have Aalreadyheretofore outlined, Y" This discharge chamber not onlyV provides asingle outlet fora-pluralityrof inner measuring devices, but', 'Y

i it also surrounds and inclo'ses the V,working y and dirt lin any way.

parts so that theyffare protectedlfironrinjury. 1

iso Y 75 and positive stop at that point so as to pro- .as indicated indotted linesin Fig, 2

dles l1G of ythe valve mechanism at the ends of .the measuring chambersare supported in horizontal bearings or bosses:21, formed of a suitablelength and diameter and cast integrall with the outer angular kcasting 7of the ischarge lchamber 20. Thus the spindles 1G pass axially throughthe measuring chambers 12 and also throughthe interior of the dischargechamber ,20 and into the bearings 21 in which they slide back and forthunder the influence of the bellcrank levers to be presently described.Around aportion ofthe spindles 16, that are within the chamber 2O arecoiled springs 22 which are also preferably coiled more or less aroundthe bearings 21 that lie inside of the discharge chamber 20, saidsprings 22 being tensioned between the interior. surface of the outercast-ing 7 and collars or flanges 23which are pinned at 24 to thespindles 1G, said collars being provided' preferably with wingfshapedflanges 25 against which the Vends vofthese springs 22 bear, saidlianges 25 beingsegments of av circle and leaving spaces between Vtheirends for the insertion of the pins 2li which hold kthe collars 23 uponthe spindles 16,. The y,effect of these springs is to urge kthe pistoncover valves Y17 toward the dischargeends of the chambers 12, and closesaid ends, while at the same time ,moving the inlet valves 1 5 outof theopposite ends of chambers 12 and opening said'latter ends. In Fig. 2 oneof the springs 22 Vbelonging to the spindles 16 is shown extended.andthe other is shown as compressed, the extended position being ofthat one which .is acting to hold the valve 17 closed, whiletheotherspring 22 is under compression under the action of the lever devicewhich is openingthe valve 17 Vtempararily tO'allOW a diSCha'rge of thecontents kof one of the measuring chambers 12.

Obviously the springs may be differently arrangechflmt it is desirableto have compressible yielding devices for automatically Closing thepiston valves 17 when the opening agency which at times acts thereontemporarily ceases its action.

2G, designates a handle-which controls the outlet of the liquid .fromthe entire faucet and kcauses it lto low out .iu predetermined(mantities through the spout 2l. YThis handle 26 may be vibratedmanually from a position where it projects centrally in front of thedeyice to 1a position onreither side, and in full Fig.y Ll, Then moved.to ,one sido fit will through intervening levers open oneof themeasuring chambers to allowa discharge and when moved to theother sideit will open another. llhenyoccupying its central or .idle positionbothl measuring chambers are closed against discharging intov dischargechamber Said handle 26 is applied to the squared Aupper end 27`ofchamber 20 (see Figs. 2, 3 and 6). This .bolt 28 is providedwith a camdevice 30 formed integrally therewith or made as a separate member andattached by one or more screws 31, as shown in Fig. 2. Said cam 30operates against the arms 32 ofthe bell crank levers 33 which arepivoted by a vertical pin 34.- -support-ed in the casting 29 parallel toand a` short distance from the bolt 28. f

These bell crank levers 33 constitute very important features of mydevice. Their vlonger arms are preferably bifurcated or notched at 35 toembrace the spindles 16 loosely at a point between the piston valve 17and the'spring-holding collars 23 (see Figs. 2 and 3), it beingunderstood that as these horizontal bell cranks vibrate back and forthin a horizontal plane under the action of the handle 2G they will havethe effect of acting against the collars ,23 and consequently.compressing the springs 22 at the same time that they open the pistonvalves 17 that are secured to the spindles 16 so that thus by the propermanipulation of the handle 26 it brings the cam V30 .to bear upon oneor'the other of the arms 32 of the bell cranks. The longer arms thatengage the collars 23 are operated for. the purpose of opening thedischarge valves 17 and .allowing a discharge of the contents of themeasuring .chambers into .the discharge chamber 20, Vfrom which it can.pa-ss off by the spoutv21. The short arms 32 of these bell cranklevers, as seenin plan view of Fig, `2, are removed a Ashort distancefrom each other and project from the neighborhood of the pin 34 towardthe bolt. 2S, so that the cam 30 may have its field of operation betweenthese `two arms 3,2, and be capable of rafliecting aud oscillatingeither one of them according to the direction in which the handle 2G isturned; `andwhen the said handle 2G occupies an intermediate position,projecting immediately .in front of the device, said cam 30 will liebetween the two arms 32 without acting against either of them, therebeing enough room between them for this pur,pose,l at which time thewhole device will be idle; but as neither of v vit most `convenient thatone bell crank lever 33 should lie on top vof the other bellV cranklever 33, both being pivotallyrarrangedwith the same pivot 34E, as shownin Fig. 6,y and in order todo this the bell crank levers will l beproperly' shaped to 'suit this arrangement and permit the 'proper amountofvvibration to these levers.

y Yi5 It will thus be seen that the whole device is under the control ofthe single front handle 26and that Iam enabled to draw olf portion afterportion 'of the liquid'contents of the device in kpredeterminedvquantities Vwithout any waste Vthrough spilling or 'leakwill besutlicient for the same measure to i 'again fill; hence, the -operatorcan push the handleY back and forthas he pleases, either vibrating itfromoneside to the other or vibrating it again and again on the sameside ofthe central point; the instrument,

therefore, being capable of handling by unV skilled and thoughtlesspersons as well as by v the construction and relative arrangement ofothers, and always dischargingthe proper premeasured amount, so that itsubserves the object of economy, besides being very simple initsconstruction and mode of work- Ving, and will be found to have veryymany Yother attending advantages in practice. It is unnecessary todescribe further the chara'cter'of the operation as that is suflicientlyevident from the foregoing description of Vthe lconstruction andarrangement V of the parts, and itwillfbe also seen that the shapeandsi'zeandrnumber of many of the parts .may be modified within veryVwide limits f without eXceedingethe scopeof the invention, Y ,l n ddesired the spindles 1,6 maybe entirely omitted and the valves15"andp17ebelongingito the same measuremay befcast asa singleumt, indicatedvinFigfS, in which lcaselthe 'guide `wings will-be transformed into afsuitable numbei' y of connectionsll `15 Y fbetween .the'valves,1 whichmay'belight inV weight andfsmall inv size, providing Qllya gYVshort"guiding edgej su'flicient to'enable the Y valves to,properlyseatV and unseat, in which the forked end of -Vthe'bell cranklever and case also y,it is only, necessary thatthe discharge'valve 17shall lbe provided with short YVspindle Qto carry thep'spring and ihaving ka Vcollarlor 'proj'ectioni'` 25e' thereon 'Y against whichthevbell crank lever under the action of the cam-carrying'handle may op-`Yerate; and with which construction or with the spindle arrangementshown inthe other figuresV of the drawing it will befo'und that saidspindles need not run entirely through the bosses'or vbearingsZl but maybe cutoff inside the same. Emphasisshould be placed f upon the ease andfacility withwhich all Y. i

ried by the plate 13 can be readilyY taken out i' yas onerunit after therelease of the thumb screws 8. kThe discharge ,chamberl cover 7 will beanother unit carrying therewith the bell craiilr'levers, operatinghandle, valves, etc., but the valves can be readily ldetached Y from the.bell crank levers and the springs also separated from the otherparts,'and by a simple manipulation of the different members they canall be taken apart so as to be washed andl thoroughlyV cleaned and thisis' doneinstantly and without any complicated changesQand then afterVthe vcleaning and drying is performed they can be immedieatelyrreassembled with equal'despatch and'.

ease so that the advantages of they device are evident froina sanitarypoint of view as well as from that of economy and, ease of operation. Yl ,A Y

Many vchanges may obviously Ybe made in the various'parts inaddition tolthese special changes which I have just enumerated and described, andIdesire it expressly understood, therefore, that I do not intend to belimited to the precise membersrand their 'i formv and arrangement assetforth, but Yshall vary and modify the samejwithin wide limits to theendthat the best Vresults in vactual practice may besecured, provided onlyI do I not exceed the scope of the appended*claims.V

vlalaving thus described my invention,

Letters Patent, is td y y l. In` a measuring faucet, the'combinationv'of a main liquid chamber, a supplementalVV receivingchamber at la distance therefromand communicating therewith, asubmergedy measurev inrithe latter chamber,

chamber. and the supplemental; chamber, or beta'veenltheV inainV chamberandV .the faucet.

Y what I claim as new aifidvdesire to 'secure by Ya faucet,-Jand .meanswhereby communical. tion maybe established betweenthe main Y Infa'measuring faucetfthe Vcombinai 'tion-of. a main liquid chamber, aresupple- Y mental receiving chamber at distance Vtherefrom andYcommunicating therewith, a submerged measure in the lattercliamber, a vfaucet, and means whereby communication/v n Y may be'established betweenthe"Y chamber and the supplemental chamber, vor between the main chamberand the faucet, said means consisting of a three-way cock.

3. In a measuring faucet, the combination of a main chamber for theliquid to be dispensed, a water chamber yin which it is located, areceiving chamber communicating with the main chamber, a submergedmeasure in the receiving chamber, means for emptying said measure andsimultaneously closing it against the admission of any liquid until theemptying is finished, and means for controlling the passage of theliquid from the main chamber into the receiving chamber or to a pointoutside of the device.

4. In a measuring device, the combination of a liquid container, a hotwater chamber below the same, a submerged receiving chamber in thelatter chamber and communicating with the liquid container, one or moremeasures in said receiving chamber and carried by a cover removablyattached at the outer end of the receiving chamber, a discharge chambercontiguous to said measures, inlet' and outlet valves for each measure,and means for operating said valves so as to empty the measuresseparately, said means consisting essentially of bell cranklevers, onefor each measure, and a cam-provided handle for separately actuatingsaid levers.

5. In a measuring device, the combination of a liquid container, areceiving chamber communicating therewith, an open-ended measure, aplate supporting the latter and covering one end of the receivingchamber, a pair of valves at the ends of the measure distanced from eachother so that when one is open the other is closed, means for operatingsaid valves jointly consisting essentially of a bell crank lever, and anindependent handle bearing against one arm of said lever, and adischarge chamber into which the contents of the measure are discharged,said discharge chamber having an outlet.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a submergedreceiving chamber having one end thereof open, av

cover secured over said open end, a measure attached to said cover andhaving its opposite ends open, valves arranged in connection with saidends and distanced apart so that when one is closed the other is open, adischarge chamber secured alongside of the said cover and receiving thecontents of the measure when the discharge valve is open, a bell cranklever within the discharge chamber for operating the said valvesjointly, a yielding device arranged to close the discharge valve whenthe bell crank le- Gopies of this patent may be obtane for ver isoperating thereon, and an operating handle having a cam which actsagainst one arm of the bell crank lever for the purpose of actuating thevalves.

7. The combination of a chamber, a cover for the end thereof, measurescarried by said cover and consisting of `open-ended compartments, aninlet and outlet valve for each measure, means for connecting saidvalves together and guiding them in their movements, a dischargechamber, bell crank levers pivotally supported in said discharge chamberand acting upon the valves of the measures, and a single lever handlecarrying a cam which acts against the shorter arms of the bell cranklevers for the purpose of individually opening the measures, togetherwith means for restoring the discharge valves to their closed position.

8. The combination of a receiving chamber, a discharge chamber outsidethereof, a support intermediate between the discharge and the receivingchamber, measures carried by said support, an inlet and outlet valve foreach measure, a bell crank lever for operating the valves of eachmeasure separately from the valves of the other, means for pivotallysupporting said bell crank levers, a handle having accam device foroperating said levers, and yielding devices for closing thedischargevalve of each measure when the lever handle is in its neutral position.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination of amain-chamber, a hot water chamber below the same, a receiving chamber incommunication with the main chamber, a discharge chamber outside of thereceiving chamber and having an outlet, a plurality of measuringcompartments within the receiving chamber and having the ends thereofopen, a support between the discharge chamber and the receiving chamberfor carrying said measuring compartments, an inlet and an outlet valvefor each measuring compartments, said valves having guide wings, meansfor connecting the valves of each measuring compartment together forjoint operation, means for simultaneously closing the discharge valveand opening the inlet valve of each measuring chamber, bell crank leverssupported in the discharge chamber and acting to open the dischargevalves and simultaneously closing the valves, and a lever device foroperating the aforesaid levers, which device performs its work by movingin one direction or the other.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

WILLIAM R. BILLINGS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. C.

